Kimberly Gross Kimberly Gross

Thoughts from the Driver’s Seat with Mike Nelson

My Rented Tesla Was in An Accident. Now What?

Car accidents occur daily. That includes accidents in rental cars. But what happens when an EV is in an accident? How does the data captured by the car impact the insurance claim?

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Kimberly Gross Kimberly Gross

Thoughts from the Driver’s Seat with Mike Nelson

Does My Rental Come with Autopilot?

Many of the major rental car companies are now advertising that they have added EVs to their rental fleets. Head to Avis and select from a Telsa Model 3 or a Chevy Bolt. Enterprise offers standard and full-size hybrid vehicles as well as intermediate electric or electric luxury sedans, including (impressively) the Tesla Model S and Porsche Taycan. You can even book a ride in someone else’s EV through the car-sharing platform Turo.

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Kimberly Gross Kimberly Gross

Delaware Joins The Data Privacy Ranks

Following Oregon in July, Delaware has become the twelfth state to enact data privacy legislation. On September 11, 2023, Governor John Carney made the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (“DPDPA”) official state law, with an effective date of January 1, 2025. As has become standard among the states with data privacy laws on the books, vehicle performance data (“VPD”) is not expressly addressed but certainly is implicated. A summary of the key provisions of Delaware’s law follows, with other state summaries available here, here, here, and here.

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